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* [PATCH] Bluetooth: 6lowpan: fix cyclic locking warning on netdev unregister
@ 2026-04-11 17:12 Pauli Virtanen
  2026-04-11 17:43 ` bluez.test.bot
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Pauli Virtanen @ 2026-04-11 17:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-bluetooth; +Cc: Pauli Virtanen

6lowpan.c has theoretically conflicting lock orderings, which lockdep
complains about:

    a) rtnl_lock > hdev->workqueue

    from 6lowpan.c:delete_netdev -> rtnl_lock -> device_del
    -> put_device(parent) -> hci_release_dev -> destroy_workqueue

    b) hdev->workqueue > l2cap_conn->lock > chan->lock > rtnl_lock

    from hci_rx_work -> 6lowpan.c:chan_ready_cb
    -> lowpan_register_netdev, ifup -> rtnl_lock

Actual deadlock appears not possible, as hci_rx_work is disabled and
l2cap_conn flushed already on hdev unregister. Hence, do minimal thing
to make lockdep happy by breaking chain a) by holding hdev refcount
until after netdev put in 6lowpan.c.

Fixes the lockdep complaint:
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected.
kworker/0:1/11 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8880023b3940 ((wq_completion)hci0#2){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: touch_wq_lockdep_map+0x8b/0x130
but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff95e4f9c0 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: lowpan_unregister_netdev+0xd/0x30
Workqueue: events delete_netdev

Signed-off-by: Pauli Virtanen <pav@iki.fi>
---

Notes:
    Not very pretty, however breaking the theoretical cyclic locking chain
    in a proper way is more complicated as for b) we need to handle
    l2cap_chan going away in the middle of netdev setup, and for a) removing
    hdev as parent device maybe has some side effects.

 net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
index 2f03b780b40d..bd7f80c7e21e 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
@@ -758,13 +758,33 @@ static inline struct l2cap_chan *chan_new_conn_cb(struct l2cap_chan *pchan)
 	return chan;
 }
 
+static void unregister_dev(struct lowpan_btle_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct hci_dev *hdev = READ_ONCE(dev->hdev);
+
+	/* If netdev holds last reference to hci_dev (its parent device), this
+	 * leads to theoretical cyclic locking on lowpan_unregister_netdev:
+	 *
+	 * rtnl_lock -> put_device(parent) -> hci_release_dev ->
+	 * destroy_workqueue -> hci_rx_work -> l2cap_recv_acldata ->
+	 * chan_ready_cb -> ifup -> rtnl_lock
+	 *
+	 * However, hci_rx_work is disabled in hci_unregister_dev, so this
+	 * should not occur. Make lockdep happy by postponing hdev release after
+	 * netdev put.
+	 */
+	hci_dev_hold(hdev);
+	lowpan_unregister_netdev(dev->netdev);
+	hci_dev_put(hdev);
+}
+
 static void delete_netdev(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct lowpan_btle_dev *entry = container_of(work,
 						     struct lowpan_btle_dev,
 						     delete_netdev);
 
-	lowpan_unregister_netdev(entry->netdev);
+	unregister_dev(entry);
 
 	/* The entry pointer is deleted by the netdev destructor. */
 }
@@ -1261,7 +1281,7 @@ static void disconnect_devices(void)
 		ifdown(entry->netdev);
 		BT_DBG("Unregistering netdev %s %p",
 		       entry->netdev->name, entry->netdev);
-		lowpan_unregister_netdev(entry->netdev);
+		unregister_dev(entry);
 		kfree(entry);
 	}
 }
-- 
2.53.0


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* RE: Bluetooth: 6lowpan: fix cyclic locking warning on netdev unregister
  2026-04-11 17:12 [PATCH] Bluetooth: 6lowpan: fix cyclic locking warning on netdev unregister Pauli Virtanen
@ 2026-04-11 17:43 ` bluez.test.bot
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: bluez.test.bot @ 2026-04-11 17:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-bluetooth, pav

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Dear submitter,

Thank you for submitting the patches to the linux bluetooth mailing list.
This is a CI test results with your patch series:
PW Link:https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/bluetooth/list/?series=1080177

---Test result---

Test Summary:
CheckPatch                    PENDING   0.45 seconds
GitLint                       PENDING   0.36 seconds
SubjectPrefix                 PASS      0.06 seconds
BuildKernel                   PASS      26.27 seconds
CheckAllWarning               PASS      28.86 seconds
CheckSparse                   PASS      27.50 seconds
BuildKernel32                 PASS      25.64 seconds
TestRunnerSetup               PASS      570.02 seconds
TestRunner_l2cap-tester       FAIL      27.97 seconds
TestRunner_iso-tester         PASS      38.83 seconds
TestRunner_bnep-tester        PASS      6.22 seconds
TestRunner_mgmt-tester        FAIL      113.79 seconds
TestRunner_rfcomm-tester      PASS      9.35 seconds
TestRunner_sco-tester         FAIL      14.57 seconds
TestRunner_ioctl-tester       PASS      10.29 seconds
TestRunner_mesh-tester        FAIL      11.56 seconds
TestRunner_smp-tester         PASS      8.64 seconds
TestRunner_userchan-tester    PASS      6.61 seconds
TestRunner_6lowpan-tester     PASS      8.74 seconds
IncrementalBuild              PENDING   0.43 seconds

Details
##############################
Test: CheckPatch - PENDING
Desc: Run checkpatch.pl script
Output:

##############################
Test: GitLint - PENDING
Desc: Run gitlint
Output:

##############################
Test: TestRunner_l2cap-tester - FAIL
Desc: Run l2cap-tester with test-runner
Output:
Total: 96, Passed: 95 (99.0%), Failed: 1, Not Run: 0

Failed Test Cases
L2CAP BR/EDR Server - Set PHY 3M                     Failed       0.115 seconds
##############################
Test: TestRunner_mgmt-tester - FAIL
Desc: Run mgmt-tester with test-runner
Output:
Total: 494, Passed: 489 (99.0%), Failed: 1, Not Run: 4

Failed Test Cases
Read Exp Feature - Success                           Failed       0.098 seconds
##############################
Test: TestRunner_sco-tester - FAIL
Desc: Run sco-tester with test-runner
Output:
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
7.0.0-rc2-g37c0ebcf808b #1 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
kworker/u5:2/117 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888001abe240 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_SCO){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: sco_connect_cfm+0x358/0x8d0

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888002094c20 (&conn->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: sco_connect_cfm+0x22d/0x8d0

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&conn->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       lock_acquire+0xf7/0x2c0
       _raw_spin_lock+0x2a/0x40
       sco_sock_connect+0x4d7/0x1280
       __sys_connect+0x1a3/0x260
       __x64_sys_connect+0x6e/0xb0
       do_syscall_64+0xa0/0x570
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x74/0x7c

-> #0 (sk_lock-AF_BLUETOOTH-BTPROTO_SCO){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       check_prev_add+0xe9/0xc70
       __lock_acquire+0x1457/0x1df0
       lock_acquire+0xf7/0x2c0
       lock_sock_nested+0x36/0xd0
       sco_connect_cfm+0x358/0x8d0
       hci_sync_conn_complete_evt+0x3d3/0x8e0
       hci_event_packet+0x74f/0xb10
       hci_rx_work+0x398/0xd00
       process_scheduled_works+0xb16/0x1ac0
       worker_thread+0x4ff/0xba0
       kthread+0x368/0x490
       ret_from_fork+0x498/0x7e0
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x19/0x30

other info that might help us debug this:

...
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at net/core/sock.c:3782
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 117, name: kworker/u5:2
preempt_count: 1, expected: 0
RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 117 Comm: kworker/u5:2 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2-g37c0ebcf808b #1 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: hci0 hci_rx_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x60
 __might_resched+0x2ea/0x500
 lock_sock_nested+0x47/0xd0
 ? sco_connect_cfm+0x358/0x8d0
 sco_connect_cfm+0x358/0x8d0
 ? hci_debugfs_create_conn+0x190/0x210
 ? __pfx_sco_connect_cfm+0x10/0x10
 hci_sync_conn_complete_evt+0x3d3/0x8e0
 hci_event_packet+0x74f/0xb10
 ? __pfx_hci_sync_conn_complete_evt+0x10/0x10
 ? __pfx_hci_event_packet+0x10/0x10
 ? mark_held_locks+0x49/0x80
 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xd4/0x180
 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2c/0x50
 hci_rx_work+0x398/0xd00
 process_scheduled_works+0xb16/0x1ac0
 ? __pfx_process_scheduled_works+0x10/0x10
 ? lock_acquire+0xf7/0x2c0
 ? lock_is_held_type+0x9b/0x110
 ? __pfx_hci_rx_work+0x10/0x10
 worker_thread+0x4ff/0xba0
 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2c/0x50
 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
 kthread+0x368/0x490
 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x23/0x40
 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
 ret_from_fork+0x498/0x7e0
 ? __pfx_ret_from_fork+0x10/0x10
 ? __switch_to+0x9e4/0xe50
 ? __switch_to_asm+0x32/0x60
...
Total: 30, Passed: 30 (100.0%), Failed: 0, Not Run: 0
##############################
Test: TestRunner_mesh-tester - FAIL
Desc: Run mesh-tester with test-runner
Output:
Total: 10, Passed: 8 (80.0%), Failed: 2, Not Run: 0

Failed Test Cases
Mesh - Send cancel - 1                               Timed out    1.894 seconds
Mesh - Send cancel - 2                               Timed out    1.997 seconds
##############################
Test: IncrementalBuild - PENDING
Desc: Incremental build with the patches in the series
Output:



https://github.com/bluez/bluetooth-next/pull/68

---
Regards,
Linux Bluetooth


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